Originally Posted by Nameless one
I disagree with that.I read somewhere on Beth blog that smithing was favorite new feature in Skyrim, according to player feedback, Hearthfire DLC was also very popular.
Also games like Witcher and Mars war logs are praised for having good crafting system.
Players like additional stuff like crafting, player houses, marriages and stuff like that they are very requested features.Problem is that it's expensive to implement and it doesn't incise sales much in most cases.

take your smithing and give me back my spellcrafting. If there is one reason why I like all previous TES games more than Skyrim, that would be it.